SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING MEDICAL DATA

• US 20100262429A1
• Filed: 02/15/2010
• Published: 10/14/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/14/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IQVIA, Inc. (IQVIA Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Quintiles Transnational Corporation (IQVIA Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Parker, Jason
• Granted Patent: US 8,155,980 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof

Abstract

Managing electrocardiogram (ECG) processing is described. ECGs are distributed to a technician system and/or a cardiologist system based on protocol data and one or more factors to promote processing efficiency for the ECGs. A modification to the protocol data can be received. Processed ECGs can be analyzed in view of the modification to identify ECGs for reprocessing. The identified ECGs can be reprocessed in accordance with the modification to the protocol data and, if applicable, the factors.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a computer-readable medium comprising code capable of being executed by the processor to;

determine a technician among a plurality of technicians to receive an (electrocardiogram) ECG based on a requested review completion time for a clinical trial with which the ECG is associated and based on an amount of distributed ECGs present in each technician queue of a plurality of technician queues, the ECG being associated with protocol data;

cause the ECG to be distributed to the technician determined to receive the ECG for measuring;

receive a measurement of the ECG;

receive a modification to the protocol data;

based on the modification to the protocol data, determine the ECG is to be reprocessed; and

cause the ECG to be reprocessed.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the code is capable of being executed by the processor to:

determine a cardiologist among a plurality of cardiologists to receive the ECG and measurements based on the requested review completion time for the clinical trial with which the ECG is associated and based on an amount of distributed ECGs present in each cardiologist queue of a plurality of cardiologist queues;

cause the ECG and measurements to be distributed to the cardiologist determined to receive the ECG and measurements for reviewing; and

receive a report based on a review of the ECG and measurements.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the code is capable of being executed by the processor to transmit the report over a network.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the modification to the protocol data comprises at least one of:

changing the protocol data for the clinical trial to the protocol data for a second clinical trial;

or

changing at least one of;

the requested completion time;

or a rule of the protocol rules.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

an initial quality control system configured to;

perform an error check on the protocol data associated with the ECG; and

perform an error check on the ECG.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the code capable of being executed by the processor to determine the technician among the plurality of technicians to receive an ECG, comprises determining the technician based on shift ending times for the plurality of technicians.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the code capable of being executed by the processor to determine the ECG is to be reprocessed by determining the modification to the protocol data requires a specified measurement not present in the measurement of the ECG.

8. A method comprising:

receiving protocol data for a clinical trial, the protocol data comprising a requested review completion time and protocol rules;

receiving a plurality of electrocardiograms (ECGs) associated with the clinical trial;

receiving a representation of an amount of distributed ECGs present in each cardiologist queue among a plurality of cardiologist queues;

processing, by a device, the plurality of ECGs to receive reports of the plurality of ECGs, the device comprising a processor executing code stored on a computer-readable medium to cause the device to process the plurality of ECGs, the processing comprising;

based on the requested review completion time for the clinical trial and based on the representation of the amount of distributed ECGs present in each cardiologist queue, determining a cardiologist among a plurality of cardiologists to receive an ECG of the plurality of ECGs; and

receiving a report of the ECG of the plurality of ECGs;

receiving a modification to the protocol data;

identifying at least one ECG from the plurality of ECGs to be reprocessed, wherein the identifying is based on the modification to the protocol data; and

reprocessing the at least one ECG identified from the plurality of ECGs, wherein reprocessing is in accordance with the modification to the protocol data.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the processing comprises:

based on the requested review completion time for the clinical trial and based on a representation of an amount of distributed ECGs present in each technician queue, determining a technician among a plurality of technicians to receive an ECG of the plurality of ECGs for providing the measurements; and

receiving the measurements of the ECG of the plurality of ECGs.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising transmitting the report to at least one of a system or organization over a network.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

performing an error check on the protocol data associated with the ECG; and

performing an error check on the ECG.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein determining the cardiologist among the plurality of cardiologists to receive the ECG of the plurality of ECGs is based on shift ending times for the plurality of cardiologists.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein identifying at least one ECG from the plurality of ECGs to be reprocessed by determining the modification to the protocol data requires a specified measurement not present in the measurement of the at least one ECG.

9. The method of 8, wherein the modification to the protocol data comprises at least one of:

changing the protocol data for a first clinical trial to the protocol data for a second clinical trial;

or

changing at least one of;

the requested completion time;

or a rule of the protocol rules.

15. A computer program product comprising code stored on a computer-readable medium, the code comprising:

code for receiving a plurality of electrocardiograms (ECGs), each ECG being associated with protocol data, the protocol data comprising a requested review completion time and protocol rules;

code for receiving a representation of an amount of distributed ECGs present in each technician queue among a plurality of technician queues;

code for receiving a representation of an amount of distributed ECGs present in each cardiologist queue among a plurality of cardiologist queues;

code for processing the plurality of ECGs to receive measurements of the plurality of ECGs and to receive results of cardiologists reviewing the measurements, the code for processing comprising;

code for determining a technician among a plurality of technicians to receive an ECG of the plurality of ECGs based on the requested review completion time for the ECG and based on the representation of the amount of distributed ECGs present in each technician queue; and

code for determining a cardiologist among a plurality of cardiologists to receive for review an ECG of the plurality of ECGs and to receive a measurement associated with the ECG of the plurality of ECGs, based on the requested review completion time and based on the representation of the amount of distributed ECGs present in each cardiologist queue,

to allow receipt of a report for the ECG from the cardiologist before the requested review completion time;

code for receiving a modification to the protocol data;

code for identifying, based on the modification to the protocol data, at least one ECG from the plurality of ECGs to be reprocessed; and

code for reprocessing, in accordance with the modification to the protocol data, the at least one ECG identified from the plurality of ECGs.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the modification to the protocol data comprises at least one of:

changing the protocol data for a first clinical trial to the protocol data for a second clinical trial;

or

changing at least one of;

the requested completion time;

or a rule of the protocol rules.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, further comprising code for transmitting the report to at least one of a system or organization over a network.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, further comprising:

code for performing an error check on the protocol data associated with the ECG; and

code for performing an error check on the ECG.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein code for determining the cardiologist among the plurality of cardiologists to receive for review the ECG of the plurality of ECGs and to receive the measurement associated with the ECG of the plurality of ECGs comprises code for determining the cardiologist to receive the ECG and measurements based on shift ending times for the plurality of cardiologists.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein code for determining a technician among a plurality of technicians to receive an ECG of the plurality of ECGs comprises code for determining the technician to receive the ECG based on shift ending times for the plurality of cardiologists.